Many people around the world are currently celebrating Easter, either observing an important religious occasion, using it as an excuse to scoff chocolate or perhaps a bit of both. One of the traditions of the day for kids and big kids, meanwhile, is going on an Easter Egg Hunt.
With that in mind we thought we'd pick out some favourite Easter Eggs from past features (in 2013 and 2014) and two recent discoveries in Miitomo and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. It's like a greatest hits CD (or mp3, whatever) with a couple of bonus tracks - not at all a lazily conceived article by a writer that's on a day off. No siree.
So, without further ado...
Chris Houlihan's Secret Room in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Back in 1990, and one of its various quirky competitions back in those times, Nintendo Power offered one lucky reader the chance to appear in a future Nintendo game. The winner was Chris Houlihan, and so he was given his own room in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; definitely something to show off, as not many people can say they've featured in a Zelda title.
Nintendo Shows It Hasn't Forgotten Zelda Wii U With a Twilight Princess HD Painting
One of our new ones - Nintendo hasn't shown much footage of arguably the most anticipated title of the year, but what it did do is keep us interested by dropping two screenshots from the first Zelda Wii U trailer within Twilight Princess HD. The two screenshots can be found in the Chudley's Fine Goods and Trinkets Emporium in Hyrule's Castle Town, however it should be noted that you won't be able to find them after the store turns into Malo Mart later in the game.
Mario's Long Lost Brother Meets a Sad End in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
One of our favourites as it's so grisly; in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate you spend large parts of the game finding and reading the memories of those that have met a nasty end before you, and one set of remains lies within some pipes. You can guess where this is going, as Nintendo's most famous mascot and his bro gets a namedrop in the Castlevania universe.
Trolling Becomes an Art Form in Wave Race: Blue Storm
Wave Race: Blue Storm, the GameCube follow up to popular Nintendo 64 title Wave Race 64, may unfortunately turn out to be the last in the series. If it is, then hopefully this Easter Egg will keep it on the radar for people at this time of year, as it's possibly one of the most fun examples out there. If you manipulate the audio settings in a certain way you can unlock a sarcastic, mean-spirited commentator to troll you as you race. Awesome.
DK Rocks a 3DS in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has a number of hidden secrets, from subtle background appearances of Samus' ship and the Rare logo, to hidden musical treats. One that makes a humorous return from its Wii predecessor is that DK, after too long standing around waiting for you to play, will settle down for a bit of his own gaming. On the Wii he'd wait before breaking out a DS, whereas in Tropical Freeze he fires up an assortment of games on a blue 3DS XL.
Yoshi Says Hi at the End of Super Mario 64
This is one of those rewards for really completing a game, as collecting 120 stars in Super Mario 64 unlocks a cannon which takes you to a short and — possibly — underwhelming meeting with Yoshi. A neat cameo for everyone's favourite green dino, though considering we got to ride him around in Super Mario World, this may have been a minor disappointment.
Satoru Iwata's First Ever (Sort of) Nintendo Direct
This was an entry pointing out to us in the first article's comments, as former and much loved Nintendo President Satoru Iwata appeared on a TV in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. In our own mad world we'd like to think this was some kind of early inspiration for Nintendo Direct, but in reality was just one of many wacky references in this GBA title which is now, conveniently, available on the Wii U Virtual Console.
A Lovely 'Direct' Tribute to Satoru Iwata in Miitomo
There are multiple fun little secrets to find in Mii reactions to key words in Miitomo. Some are pretty simple - typing "Dog" or "Cat" makes your Mii's face change momentarily - and "Game Boy" generates the famous "Mario Coin" sound. The most interesting, however, is when you type in "Direct", which makes your character do the iconic Nintendo Direct stance made so popular by the late Satoru Iwata. You can see it in the GameXplain video below.
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Must be great to have your name in a zelda game!
Cool easter eggs I love the tropical freeze ones!
In ocarina of time 3D, at Gerudo fortress you can find a picture of link from skyward sword
There really are so many examples of Nintendo overlapping gaming universe and characters. It's one of my favourite things about their style. There is a fan-service mentally to their game construction that is a joy to discover. It's rare I play a 1at party title without finding something that references another game or character and I love it.
And yeah, a fan made room in Zelda seems too good to believe. Can you imagine how much people would pay to have that now!?!
You can still see one of the pictures in a frame on the counter in Malo Mart! And if you talk to the lady next to it she screams something along the lines of 'SELL IT' , very clever Nintendo... Maybe the other one is still there too.... I had to leave as that place really scared me!!!!
One of my favorite Easter Eggs is in Metal Gear Solid 2: Twin Snakes on the Gamecube, there's a room with Mario and Yoshi dolls. If you shoot them, they make a "YOSHI!" sound and I believe the "1-UP" sound from Super Mario Bros.
@Shoyruken Twin Snakes is a remake of Metal Gear Solid 1 from the PS1. Sons of Liberty starring Solid Snake and Raiden is MGS2.
@Knuckles you're not as cool as Tails
I didn't know or forgot about the mirrors of fate one, pretty cool.
Glad to learn about the Tropical Freeze one, as I'm hoping to play it soon. Love the list.
Just wanted to say its my first time playing Twilight Princess, and I am playing TP HD and I am just overwhelmed with how great this masterpiece is.
Man I only just found the Wave Race one yesterday and I was howling with laughter. The fact that the sheer amount of dialogue was only discovered years after the release just cracks me up. Favourite lines include, "You're the most absolute nothing since the 0" and "Final lap. Finally the agony will end."
@HyrulePrince
Trust me, I agree. I am adoring it to know end. I am seriously considering 100% it, which is impressive since I have much less time to do so than I used to. Props to the dungeons, as most of them are fantastic. =)
@nintykid I can remember being in that room when I was little and thinking that Chris would be a character I met in the game. I never understood it! It took me about 20+ years to finally realize what was going on. Thanks Nintendo Life
Let's not forget the classic from Ocarina of Time, where there's pictures of Mario & Co in Zelda's castle
I nominate Link's Awakening. That game was basically on long string of Easter eggs and cameos.
@YoshiTails I know you are kidding, but it is posts like yours that make me almost not comment on any article.
There is a hidden Easter egg in the N3DS browser that lets you play breakout game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKar7eOvuOI
@hYdeks There is also a Skyward Sword picture at Lon Lon Ranch in the farmhouse bedroom behind to pots, propped to the side against a chest of drawers if you go there as Adult Link.
Easter eggs are better fan service than actual fan service.
Not Nintendo related, but here are some Easter themed Victorian cards. Hilariously wrong on all levels.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35361381
@Miss_Dark in the room in the gerudo fortress where there is a wooden barricade blocking the hall, destroy the boxes around the table and you'll find it behind one just lying on the ground ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7_JqY04yz8 ) sorry I couldn't find a better quality video to show
Seemingly there are three pictures referencing Skyward Sword, the one I just mentioned, one you can see off to the left in the shop where you can buy bombchu's, and there third I haven't found yet
@VortexTraveller ohh ok! that would be where the third one is then lol thanks!!!
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